What is the most engaging way to play dynasty mode?

[Tarheels153369]

What have others found is the most engaging way to play a long term dynasty mode:

• Play the role of a coach (i.e., progress from an OC/DC at a small school to eventually be a HC at a major program with an aim to win at least 1 national championship over the course of the dynasty
• Play the role of AD at a small school/non-contender with the aim to stay at that school for the duration of the dynasty and build them into a consistent contender
• Play as an established HC at a contending team and bounce around over the course of the dynasty wining as many championships as possible
• Pick an already legit contender and build them into one of the best programs ever
• Something else?

[Collegefbfan]

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I have always wanted to start out as defensive coordinator at a small school and move up. I am way better at offense especially in this game's version. However, I always have a feeling if I only call offensive plays, the defense will end up letting me down. So, I resort to head coach.

I play every down both sides of the ball for 90% of the games. I might sim a game here and there. I might sim if I am blowing a team out.

I find myself always building bottom and semi bottom teams up, mostly from G5 programs. Another thing I do is try new plays out. I use the college football plays database and find offensive plays that I "feel" I can hot route certain players that can "help me out". I am not an X's and O's guy at all.

Considering all of these things, I win as much as possible. I am in year 3 at SDSU. We have some good players, but not enough to make the playoff. I went 10-3 in the previous two seasons. Currently, we are 5-0 (or 6-0) in season 3.

[iliveaboveasubway]

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Or do all of them? Play how you want. engaging is subjective.

[billyboy316]

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I wanted to do the whole start at small school and then take job at powerhouse but I believe the coaching carousel is broken.

I started as HC at Buffalo and unfortunately the best job offers I got were for OC/DC positions for bigger schools. I ended up turning Buffalo into a powerhouse.

I decided I wanted to experiment with it and left after 10 years. Took the OC position at Alabama with hopes of getting a HC offer in a year or two.

No HC offers in first year. Second year I got one HC offer from Wyoming so I took it.

I have now simmed 7 seasons with Wyoming. By forcing wins, I have won 12+ games 6 years in a row and won a NC. Yet my best job offer is HC at BYU.

Just felt like in NCAA14, you always received a good amount of offers from big schools when you were doing well at a small school.

I'm going to keep simulating to see if/when I get a good offer. I'm currently in year 2041 so I have 12 or 13 more years.

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[MrArlingtonBeach]

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It's interesting to see how different people's experiences can be with the game.

I started my career as OC at Ball State. I won 5 games in year one, and got an extension. In year two, I won 10 games and made it to the MAC title game, and was offered the HC job at Colorado State, which I accepted.

After a 9-4 season at CSU in my first year there, I was offered HC jobs at Minnesota, Iowa, SMU, and UNC (both SMU and UNC made the CFP that season, too). I turned them down, as I wanted to play out my 3-year contract.

After going 8-5 in year 2 with CSU (2027), I received some offers to be OC at big time programs, like Michigan and Ole Miss. I also got a few more HC offers for P4 schools, but again I turned them down. I did lose the OC at CSU to a head coaching job and had to replace him.

[NoleFan]

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Yeah vastly different experiences! I’m 4 games into my 5th year at JMU with a career/team record of 38-19 thus far. Along the way, I’ve gotten some power 5 coordinator offers and even had NC State over me their HC job.

[jello1717]

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In my pre-patch dynasty (which I ended to get the patch’s fixes) I started as OC @ ECU and after 1 year took the HC job at UAB.
I went 7-6 and then 9-4 there and was offered and accepted the HC job @ Louisville.

In my current ODU dynasty I’m in year 4 there and might leave after this one. In my first couple of years I’ve been offered the HC job at 2 or 3 ACC schools (don’t remember which ones).

[Playmakers]

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I surely wish SI magazines would make a return to the game.

That used to be really engaging for me to read those weekly headlines

[NoleFan]

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For me, I find it most engaging to have my dynasty universe function somewhat like reality and not be in charge of everything.

I use the recommended tab in recruiting for my prospect list as what my scouts went out and found.

In-game, I play as the QB only and sim defense.

I use a random number generator to call plays from coach suggestions so it’s me getting the plays from my HC.

I know NOBODY else would want to play that way but that’s what NoleFan finds enjoyable and what makes winning that much more sweet. So I’m quite proud of my 39-19 record at JMU at the moment!

[J.hunt1376]

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So, I always start as an offensive coordinator and I only play the offensive side of the ball, mainly because I am horrendous on defense.

But the thing that has made my dynasties more engaging is implementing pro/rel. It makes me look at the conference standings way more often, and I love seeing the surprise teams that are making moves up the pyramid. The best story I've seen so far is in 4 years Jacksonville State has gone from Tier 3 to Tier 1. That's been fun to watch.

[Vanilla_Gorilla]

Re: What is the most engaging way to play dynasty mode?

It's interesting to see how different people's experiences can be with the game.

I started my career as OC at Ball State. I won 5 games in year one, and got an extension. In year two, I won 10 games and made it to the MAC title game, and was offered the HC job at Colorado State, which I accepted.

After a 9-4 season at CSU in my first year there, I was offered HC jobs at Minnesota, Iowa, SMU, and UNC (both SMU and UNC made the CFP that season, too). I turned them down, as I wanted to play out my 3-year contract.

After going 8-5 in year 2 with CSU (2027), I received some offers to be OC at big time programs, like Michigan and Ole Miss. I also got a few more HC offers for P4 schools, but again I turned them down. I did lose the OC at CSU to a head coaching job and had to replace him.

I wonder if people are waiting until the true "offseason" portion of job offers to actually look.

I've played 7 seasons so far across 3 dynasties as a HC and have gotten several HC offers in each one after the 2nd season of each during that first period of job offers during bowl week. And the offers were fairly decent.

Now after the bowl week and in the offseason, the job offers then are pretty terrible but I think the logic works by the way the periods are arranged.

[ShamWowNY]

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I wonder if coach level has something to do with it? Perhaps those seeing limited offers are playing on slow or slowest progression? I have been OC at UMass for a few seasons with two MAC titles and top-5 offenses nationally, no offers of any kind. I'm on slowest and my coach level is around 12 I think? Not sure if it's a cause, just a thought.

[deadly_titanfart22]

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For me, I find it most engaging to have my dynasty universe function somewhat like reality and not be in charge of everything.

I use the recommended tab in recruiting for my prospect list as what my scouts went out and found.

In-game, I play as the QB only and sim defense.

I use a random number generator to call plays from coach suggestions so it’s me getting the plays from my HC.

I know NOBODY else would want to play that way but that’s what NoleFan finds enjoyable and what makes winning that much more sweet. So I’m quite proud of my 39-19 record at JMU at the moment!

I also try to play as realistic as possible. The goal is to make it hard to win two or even three natties in 30 years.

I try to recruit realistically as possible. I go on 247 and look at historical recruiting of the team im coaching. Do they get 4 and 5 stars? Do they just recruit in the area or nationally? I also only recruit positions of need from players that are interested and don't scout recruits.

For in game, I play coach mode. I try to switch my playbook to my current coordinator's playbook. I use the coach suggestions to try to simulate what the "OC called" but I do get overriding power like a real HC but I don't abuse it. On the first down I pick from the first 3 suggestions, on second down I scroll down to the second page of suggestions, then do the same for third and 4th down. If I covert a first down I start from the first three again.

I slow sim special teams and only go for it on fourth in a realistic situation. I try to mimic real life as much as possible. For defense I slow sim and watch but like my OC rule, if I feel like I need to step in, I will, but I only control a D-lineman with no special moves allowed. This makes my defensive coordinator hiring even more important as I pretend im an offensive minded head coach who needs to defensive coordinator to handle the X's and O's. I also try to not call cheese plays, if I know the defense can't stop certain plays I don't call them.

Once again, making the CFP should be hard, an average season should have 3 to 5 losses. From past games, being dominant is fun but it gets boring after a while to keep winning titles.

I also try to live in my CFP universe, I track everything important in a spreadsheet and I always watch the national title game by slow simming. Sometimes I will also watch the bigger games during the season if I have time.

[dipatach]

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Start as OC at a 1 star school. Simulate the first 5 seasons. Take a HC coach job at a 1-2 star school. I play every snaps. I don’t use redshirt players at all.


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[j_jackson2019]

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I’ve started off as a DC at Toledo. I call all the plays on the defensive side of the ball and I use Coach Suggestions along with a random number generator to call plays on offense (kind of like the offensive coordinator is calling the plays; akin to what someone else mentioned in this thread).

Like someone else in this thread also mentioned, I only scout prospects from my recommended tab. The only exception is what A&S mentioned in his sliders thread about Dynast recruiting house rules.

So far I’m 0-4, I’m on the hot seat, but I do like the uphill battle. It’s going to make those future wins, conference titles, nattys & job offers more enjoyable.


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